Best of Abdullah Ocalan

Best of Abdullah Ocalan

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Members of the Kurdish community in France, holding portraits of yellow flags with a portrait of jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan and pink flags of the Koma Jinen Bilind (KJB, Gathering of Revolutionary Women, part of the PKK) protest on January 10, 2013, near the Kurdistan Information Bureau in Paris where three Kurdish women were found killed with a gunshot to the head. The bodies of the women were found shortly before 2:00 am (0100 GMT) inside the building in the 10th arrondissement of the French capital. One of the women was 32-year-old Fidan Dogan who worked in the institute's information centre, according to its director, Leon Edart. The identities of the other two women, who were reportedly Kurdish activists but did not work at the Institute, were not immediately available. AFP PHOTO / THOMAS SAMSON

Members of the Kurdish community in France, holding portraits of yellow flags with a portrait of jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan and pink flags of the Koma Jinen Bilind (KJB, Gathering of Revolutionary Women, part of the PKK) protest on January 10, 2013, near the Kurdistan Information Bureau in Paris where three Kurdish women were found killed with a gunshot to the head. The bodies of the women were found shortly before 2:00 am (0100 GMT) inside the building in the 10th arrondissement of the French capital. One of the women was 32-year-old Fidan Dogan who worked in the institute's information centre, according to its director, Leon Edart. The identities of the other two women, who were reportedly Kurdish activists but did not work at the Institute, were not immediately available. AFP PHOTO / THOMAS SAMSON

TURKEY-KURDS-NEWROZ

ADEM ALTAN

Standing in front of an image of jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan, Kurds rally during Newroz celebrations marking the Kurdish New Year, on March 22, 2015 in Ankara. Newroz, which means 'new day' in Kurdish and marks the first day of Spring, is also celebrated in Iran, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Albania, Bahrain, Georgia, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan, as well as among various other Iranian and Turkic peoples in Iraqi Kurdistan, Syria, Lebanon, Pakistan, India, northwestern China, the Caucasus, the Crimea, and the Balkans. AFP PHOTO /ADEM ALTAN

Standing in front of an image of jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan, Kurds rally during Newroz celebrations marking the Kurdish New Year, on March 22, 2015 in Ankara. Newroz, which means 'new day' in Kurdish and marks the first day of Spring, is also celebrated in Iran, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Albania, Bahrain, Georgia, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan, as well as among various other Iranian and Turkic peoples in Iraqi Kurdistan, Syria, Lebanon, Pakistan, India, northwestern China, the Caucasus, the Crimea, and the Balkans. AFP PHOTO /ADEM ALTAN

TURKEY-NEWROZ-KURDS

ILYAS AKENGIN

Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) deputy chairperson Pervin Buldan (R) and Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Istanbul lawmaker Sirri Sureyya Onder (L-2) read a message in Kurdish and Turkish from jailed Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, leader Abdullah Ocalan as people gather to celebrate Newroz, the Kurdish New Year, in the southeastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir, on March 21, 2015, as Turkish parliament member Sirri Sureyya Onder (2nd L) looks on. Jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan on March 21 called for Kurds to hold a congress to bring an end to the decades-long armed struggle waged in Turkey by the separatist Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). 'A congress should be organised to bring an end to the 40-year struggle against the Turkish Republic,' Ocalan said in a message for Kurdish New Year celebrations in the southeastern city of Diyarbakir. AFP PHOTO / ILYAS AKENGIN

Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) deputy chairperson Pervin Buldan (R) and Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Istanbul lawmaker Sirri Sureyya Onder (L-2) read a message in Kurdish and Turkish from jailed Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, leader Abdullah Ocalan as people gather to celebrate Newroz, the Kurdish New Year, in the southeastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir, on March 21, 2015, as Turkish parliament member Sirri Sureyya Onder (2nd L) looks on. Jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan on March 21 called for Kurds to hold a congress to bring an end to the decades-long armed struggle waged in Turkey by the separatist Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). 'A congress should be organised to bring an end to the 40-year struggle against the Turkish Republic,' Ocalan said in a message for Kurdish New Year celebrations in the southeastern city of Diyarbakir. AFP PHOTO / ILYAS AKENGIN

TURKEY-NEWROZ-KURDS

ILYAS AKENGIN

Smoke rises from a fire burning as people wave Kurdish flags and pictures of jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan as they gather to celebrate Newroz, the Kurdish New Year, in the southeastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir, on March 21, 2015. Newroz, which means 'new day' in Kurdish and marks the first day of Spring, is also celebrated in Iran, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Albania, Bahrain, Georgia, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan, as well as among various other Iranian and Turkic peoples in Iraqi Kurdistan, Syria, Lebanon, Pakistan, India, northwestern China, the Caucasus, the Crimea, and the Balkans. AFP PHOTO / ILYAS AKENGIN

Smoke rises from a fire burning as people wave Kurdish flags and pictures of jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan as they gather to celebrate Newroz, the Kurdish New Year, in the southeastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir, on March 21, 2015. Newroz, which means 'new day' in Kurdish and marks the first day of Spring, is also celebrated in Iran, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Albania, Bahrain, Georgia, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan, as well as among various other Iranian and Turkic peoples in Iraqi Kurdistan, Syria, Lebanon, Pakistan, India, northwestern China, the Caucasus, the Crimea, and the Balkans. AFP PHOTO / ILYAS AKENGIN

TURKEY-NEWROZ-KURDS

ILYAS AKENGIN

People wave Kurdish flags and pictures of jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan as they gather to celebrate Newroz, the Kurdish New Year, in the southeastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir, on March 21, 2015. Newroz, which means 'new day' in Kurdish and marks the first day of Spring, is also celebrated in Iran, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Albania, Bahrain, Georgia, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan, as well as among various other Iranian and Turkic peoples in Iraqi Kurdistan, Syria, Lebanon, Pakistan, India, northwestern China, the Caucasus, the Crimea, and the Balkans. AFP PHOTO / ILYAS AKENGIN

People wave Kurdish flags and pictures of jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan as they gather to celebrate Newroz, the Kurdish New Year, in the southeastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir, on March 21, 2015. Newroz, which means 'new day' in Kurdish and marks the first day of Spring, is also celebrated in Iran, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Albania, Bahrain, Georgia, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan, as well as among various other Iranian and Turkic peoples in Iraqi Kurdistan, Syria, Lebanon, Pakistan, India, northwestern China, the Caucasus, the Crimea, and the Balkans. AFP PHOTO / ILYAS AKENGIN

TURKEY-NEWROZ-KURDS

ILYAS AKENGIN

A man flashes the 'V for Victory' sign and waves a flag with a picture of jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan as people gather to celebrate Newroz, the Kurdish New Year, in the southeastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir, on March 21, 2015. Newroz, which means 'new day' in Kurdish and marks the first day of Spring, is also celebrated in Iran, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Albania, Bahrain, Georgia, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan, as well as among various other Iranian and Turkic peoples in Iraqi Kurdistan, Syria, Lebanon, Pakistan, India, northwestern China, the Caucasus, the Crimea, and the Balkans. AFP PHOTO / ILYAS AKENGIN

A man flashes the 'V for Victory' sign and waves a flag with a picture of jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan as people gather to celebrate Newroz, the Kurdish New Year, in the southeastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir, on March 21, 2015. Newroz, which means 'new day' in Kurdish and marks the first day of Spring, is also celebrated in Iran, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Albania, Bahrain, Georgia, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan, as well as among various other Iranian and Turkic peoples in Iraqi Kurdistan, Syria, Lebanon, Pakistan, India, northwestern China, the Caucasus, the Crimea, and the Balkans. AFP PHOTO / ILYAS AKENGIN

TURKEY-NEWROZ-KURDS

ILYAS AKENGIN

Smoke rises from a fire burning as people wave Kurdish flags and pictures of jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan as they gather to celebrate Newroz, the Kurdish New Year, in the southeastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir, on March 21, 2015. Newroz, which means 'new day' in Kurdish and marks the first day of Spring, is also celebrated in Iran, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Albania, Bahrain, Georgia, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan, as well as among various other Iranian and Turkic peoples in Iraqi Kurdistan, Syria, Lebanon, Pakistan, India, northwestern China, the Caucasus, the Crimea, and the Balkans. AFP PHOTO / ILYAS AKENGIN

Smoke rises from a fire burning as people wave Kurdish flags and pictures of jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan as they gather to celebrate Newroz, the Kurdish New Year, in the southeastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir, on March 21, 2015. Newroz, which means 'new day' in Kurdish and marks the first day of Spring, is also celebrated in Iran, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Albania, Bahrain, Georgia, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan, as well as among various other Iranian and Turkic peoples in Iraqi Kurdistan, Syria, Lebanon, Pakistan, India, northwestern China, the Caucasus, the Crimea, and the Balkans. AFP PHOTO / ILYAS AKENGIN

TURKEY-KURDS-NEWROZ

YASIN AKGUL

A man hangs from a crane while hanging a huge portrait of jailed Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan as people gather for celebrations surrounding Newroz, which marks the arrival of spring and the new year, in Cizre, in Turkey's Sirnak province on March 18, 2015. AFP PHOTO / YASIN AKGUL

A man hangs from a crane while hanging a huge portrait of jailed Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan as people gather for celebrations surrounding Newroz, which marks the arrival of spring and the new year, in Cizre, in Turkey's Sirnak province on March 18, 2015. AFP PHOTO / YASIN AKGUL

TURKEY-SYRIA-KURDS-NEWROZ

YASIN AKGUL

Kurdish people gather near a Kurdish flag and banner bearing a portrait of jailed Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan as they celebrate Newroz, which marks the arrival of spring and the new year, in the Turkish town of Suruc, across the border from the Syrian town of Kobani, on March 17, 2015. AFP PHOTO / YASIN AKGUL

Kurdish people gather near a Kurdish flag and banner bearing a portrait of jailed Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan as they celebrate Newroz, which marks the arrival of spring and the new year, in the Turkish town of Suruc, across the border from the Syrian town of Kobani, on March 17, 2015. AFP PHOTO / YASIN AKGUL

TURKEY-SYRIA-KURDS-NEWROZ

YASIN AKGUL

People wave Kurdish flags and flags bearing the portrait of jailed Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan as they celebrate Newroz, which marks the arrival of spring and the new year, in the Turkish town of Suruc, across the border from the Syrian town of Kobani, on March 17, 2015. AFP PHOTO / YASIN AKGUL

People wave Kurdish flags and flags bearing the portrait of jailed Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan as they celebrate Newroz, which marks the arrival of spring and the new year, in the Turkish town of Suruc, across the border from the Syrian town of Kobani, on March 17, 2015. AFP PHOTO / YASIN AKGUL

TURKEY-SYRIA-KURDS-NEWROZ

YASIN AKGUL

Men flash the 'V for Victory' sign near banner bearing a portrait of jailed Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan as they celebrate Newroz, which marks the arrival of spring and the new year, in the Turkish town of Suruc, across the border from the Syrian town of Kobani, on March 17, 2015. AFP PHOTO / YASIN AKGUL

Men flash the 'V for Victory' sign near banner bearing a portrait of jailed Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan as they celebrate Newroz, which marks the arrival of spring and the new year, in the Turkish town of Suruc, across the border from the Syrian town of Kobani, on March 17, 2015. AFP PHOTO / YASIN AKGUL

TURKEY-SYRIA-KURDS-NEWROZ

YASIN AKGUL

People wave Kurdish flags and flags bearing the portrait of jailed Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan as they celebrate Newroz, which marks the arrival of spring and the new year, in the Turkish town of Suruc, across the border from the Syrian town of Kobani, on March 17, 2015. AFP PHOTO / YASIN AKGUL

People wave Kurdish flags and flags bearing the portrait of jailed Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan as they celebrate Newroz, which marks the arrival of spring and the new year, in the Turkish town of Suruc, across the border from the Syrian town of Kobani, on March 17, 2015. AFP PHOTO / YASIN AKGUL

TURKEY-SYRIA-KURDS-NEWROZ

YASIN AKGUL

A flag bearing a portrait of jailed Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan flies near a fire as Kurdish people gather to celebrate Newroz, which marks the arrival of spring and the new year, in the Turkish town of Suruc, across the border from the Syrian town of Kobani, on March 17, 2015. AFP PHOTO / YASIN AKGUL

A flag bearing a portrait of jailed Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan flies near a fire as Kurdish people gather to celebrate Newroz, which marks the arrival of spring and the new year, in the Turkish town of Suruc, across the border from the Syrian town of Kobani, on March 17, 2015. AFP PHOTO / YASIN AKGUL

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Members of the Kurdish community in France, holding portraits of yellow flags with a portrait of jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan and pink flags of the Koma Jinen Bilind (KJB, Gathering of Revolutionary Women, part of the PKK) protest on January 10, 2013, near the Kurdistan Information Bureau in Paris where three Kurdish women were found killed with a gunshot to the head. The bodies of the women were found shortly before 2:00 am (0100 GMT) inside the building in the 10th arrondissement of the French capital. One of the women was 32-year-old Fidan Dogan who worked in the institute's information centre, according to its director, Leon Edart. The identities of the other two women, who were reportedly Kurdish activists but did not work at the Institute, were not immediately available. AFP PHOTO / THOMAS SAMSON (Photo credit should read THOMAS SAMSON/AFP/Getty Images)